aphex187 10 Posted July 1, 2009 Hey guys been messing about with different things to try and get ArmA to run sweet plus look great. This morn i OC'd the 8800 with Ntune (couldn't get Rivatuner to work as it's missing a driver when installing, im using Vista64) to this: core 680 memory 999, couldn't see the shader slider so just opted for those 2, ran arma and it was ok untill about 5mins into the game and it crashed! So what i was going to ask is what settings has anyone found to be ok? my card has the stock fan on and im using an Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case with aall fans on High (http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTEyOQ==). One thing im going to do is buy some sort of artic cooler for the GPU as im guessing it's getting too hot and crashing (temp on the GPU was 83oC, idle it's 66). Thx if any1 can help and sorry for the rushed post im off on the school run! :eek: One more thing, can any1 give me some pointers on what my settings should be in the 3D settings of the Nvidia control panel? They are as follows starting from Ambient Occlusion right down to the bottom which is v-sync (i have that on becuase of image tearing). off off on off none off use hardware off off none 8 multiple display performance mode off allow quality on on off force on drivers are 185.05 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 10 Posted July 1, 2009 Hi m8, Q6600@3Ghz / 4GB ram / 8800GT OC ed here I find these settings best for quality/performance View Distance: 3000m Fillrate: 100% Texture and Video: Very High 2D & 3D: 1680 x 1050 AF: normal AA: Disabled Post Process: Disabled Terrain & Object detail: normal Shadows: high (if FPS get too low I'll set this to normal but it looks so much better on high) Latest Nvidia drivers, Win 7 x64 Best cooling and cheapest is Artic Accelero with a 12cm Fan zip tied to it. Use Quality settings (not high quality) in Nvidia CP (use trillinear and aniso optimization, etc...) FORCE VSYNC OFF like with most high demanding games (use it for all the other games we max out) My FPS average +40 so I still have some options to turn up if needed (and down if it starts to lag) Good luck and post back with update Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphex187 10 Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Thx Snow! going to check through your settings now ;) And holy cow my temp whilst running ArmA was at 95oC!! changed the settings to: core bus 656Mhz memory bus 977Mhz using direct fan control at 64% EDIT** Snow what have you got the core/memory bus set at then? Edited July 1, 2009 by aphex187 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 10 Posted July 1, 2009 660/950 I believe. MSI factory overclocked. Get that Accelero with fan first m8, then overclock. Also I don't think you will squeeze a lot more frames by overclocking you GPU. I would rather overclock the CPU. Good luck and dont get carried away with overclocking, its a game by itself which can get out of hand (and out of order) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphex187 10 Posted July 1, 2009 Thx m8! yeah ive only OC'd the FSB on the CPU as im a bit of a pansy (and numpty) when it comes to oc'ing hardware! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphex187 10 Posted July 1, 2009 Hey again Snow (if you see this!), well i changed my ingame settings along with the 3D settings, OC'd the CPU to: FBS 310 and voltage at 1.35 and the speed is now 2.56 and it's running much smoother so thx m8! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 10 Posted July 1, 2009 np, I'm glad you got it running better m8. Now stop overclocking and play the game ;) Have fun m8, maybe cu around in multiplayer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphex187 10 Posted July 1, 2009 Haha yeah bud! look out for me im Hopesy btw ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
